312 Squadron Podcast

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and Samuel Graebner are joined by special guest, XWA Design extraordinaire, Ryan Staniszewski! The 4 of them discuss the exciting new content from the XWA Legends and Relics, alongside a sweeping points update forn the game of X-Wing TMG. View the new Legends and Relics content here: https://www.xwing.life/resou...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba Nick Sperry, and Samuel Graebner discuss the Milwaukee World Championship Experience and yap about the event Check out Samuel’s fantasy writing collective at: https://www.crookedtrees.com/ View the worlds Rollbetter page here: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2638 View the events on Listfortress: https://listfortress.com/tou...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry are joined by the 2026 WORLD CHAMPION Tony Marchand, as they discuss Adepticon 2026 and a monumental success for both 312, XWA, and Tony! View the worlds Rollbetter page here: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2638 View the events on Listfortress: https://listfortress.com/tournaments/10570 312 was honored to h...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry jump on to talk about NONE of the things, X-Wing! The off-topic episodes are a semi-frequent addition to the 312 Podcast where your hosts discuss world events, random opinions, and of course, politics. Please be advised that the topics discussed may not be comfortable to hear or align with your own views. Supp...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry are joined by the XWA OP Planning Lead, Dwight Lindsay,, to discuss some recent X-Wing events and the excitement with WORLDS next month! 312 is streaming WORLDS! Keep an eye out for upcoming key dates: https://www.adepticon.org/2025/07/09/adepticon-2026-key-dates-announced/ Watch back the XWA Discord Stage on...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry are joined by the new Conquest Grand Champion, Eric Kingery, to discuss his Global Conquest victory, as well as the recent Studebaker System Open! The trio dives into a look at the forming meta before and after the XWA made minor updates to its points system. 312 is streaming WORLDS! Keep an eye out for upcomi...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry are joined by returning guest, Andrew Oehler, to discuss his second Conquest victory, as well as the recent California System Open! The trio dives into an overview on the 50 point landscape, and look back to older events. Take a look at the changes here: https://www.xwing.life/organized-play 312 is streaming W...

Description A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your host Andrew Kouba, joined by recent conquest champion guests Joel Springle and Josh Kalmouni discuss the recent conquest events and MAJOR changes from the XWA! You will want to dig in for this special episode! Take a look at the changes here: https://www.xwing.life/organized-play Watch back the XWA Discord Stage on YouTube: https://...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and Samuel Graebner, discuss the recent changes to scenarios and scoring, as well as the Lone Star Open and Pierogi Conquest! The 312 Conquest Series is an online qualifier series, one tournament a month, across various timezones. Top 8 players from each event win an invite to the Global Conquest in December! Li...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and Gotham City Conquest Conquest CHAMPION, Andrew Oehler, discuss the recent Gotham City Conquest! The 312 Conquest Series is an online qualifier series, one tournament a month, across various timezones. Top 8 players from each event win an invite to the Global Conquest in December! Rollbetter link for the Goth...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and Team League/Crumpet Conquest Conquest CHAMPION, Tom Veale, discuss the recent Crumpet Conquest! The 312 Conquest Series is an online qualifier series, one tournament a month, across various timezones. Top 8 players from each event win an invite to the Global Conquest in December! Rollbetter link for the Wind...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and Windy City Conquest CHAMPION, Bill Hayes (Sevwall), discuss the recent Windy City Conquest! The 312 Conquest Series is an online qualifier series, one tournament a month, across various timezones. Top 8 players from each event win an invite to the Global Conquest in December! Rollbetter link for the Windy Ci...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Samuel Graebner, and Nick Sperry discuss their trip to the final official Worlds for X-Wing. The three discuss the new venue, the vibes, and the event itself! Link to the 2025 World Championship: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2106 New XWA content has arrived and 312 has exclusive cards for them! Become the ultimate suppo...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry discuss the upcoming and FINAL AMG-Sanctioned World Championship at Adepticon this week. The two discuss trends, look back on Illy’s Worlds run, and predict what they expect to see for the 2025 winner. . Link to the 2024 World Championship: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 312 Conquest Series: Announceme...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry discuss the new and exciting XWA previews for Scum, First Order, and Resistance revealed thus far! The two go over these new pilots, rank their excitement, and discuss how these exciting new pilots will add to the game. See the recent Resistance pilots teased by Planning Phase Syndicate: https://youtu.be/MTuOJ...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry discuss the Las Vegas Open GT, a slightly shifted meta, and the new time changes to the X-Wing tournament regulations for Worlds. Watch the Sith Taker Open this weekend, live on FirecastFocus’ final stream: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus 312 Conquest Series: Announcement Doc: https://docs.google.com/docum...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba and Nick Sperry discuss the recently announced 312 CONQUEST SERIES and the path ahead for X-Wing after Worlds! 312 Conquest Series: Announcement Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZpohWBP4cOnN00kQ2Vk1zsEU1fQzmQ4sXtbliTQtc0/edit?usp=sharing Video Announcement: https://youtu.be/XGdpsR3DEnE Tickets: https://www.ticketleap...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and guest JJ Giron discuss recent X-Wing GT’s at PAX and Phoenix, the recent XWA Beta Points update, and Planning Phase Syndicate’s coverage of Star Wars Unlimited (SWU)! Thank you all so much for supporting 312 in the many ways you have this year. We look forward to a tremendous 2025 and we hope you hop on the...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew Kouba, Nick Sperry, and guest Dwight Lindsay discuss community prize support, Dwight’s page “Lock and Roll”, and the GT circuit- including an overview from Dwight on his visit to the Alaska GT! Visit Lock and Roll on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/754244626634325 XWA Site: https://www.xwing.life Visit the 2.5 Edition Ser...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your host Nick Sperry is joined by Greg Kash (NCX) to talk about the Draft League and being a core member of the XWA points team! This is the latest installment of 312’s interview series. Join the NCX Discord: https://discord.com/invite/4JEHbdkSVK Follow NCX on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nickelcityxwing Subscribe to NCX on YouTube:   https:/...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick Sperry, Andrew Kouba, and special guest Matt Cary come together to overview the new era of community X-Wing with the XWA and their new beta points! Visit the XWA’s main site: https://www.xwing.life/home Stay up to date on X-Wing Alliance announcements in the 2.5 Edition Discord server: https://discord.gg/x-wing Become the ultimate su...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your host Nick Sperry is joined by X-Wing Content Creator Hairy Nick, to talk about all things relating to navigating the current environment of X-Wing and running a successful channel. Check out  Hairy Nick’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/HairyNick Join Hairy Nick’s Discord: https://discord.com/invite/rNHU4Myjca Stay up to date on...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your host Nick Sperry is joined by Roll Better and Kuat Print Yards creator, Brian Gambrell! The two talk about tournament organizing, X-Wing, and more! Check out Brian's Kuat Print Yards 3D models: https://www.printables.com/@KuatPrintYards_52767/store Stay up to date on X-Wing Alliance announcements in the 2.5 Edition Discord server: https://disco...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick Sperry, Andrew Kouba and Sam Graebner sound off on the recent news on Atomic Mass Games announcing the end to Star Wars Armada and Star Wars X-Wing. Watch 312’s announcement on its involvement with the X-Wing Alliance: https://youtu.be/FPLH-E68IM0?si=i6Z9Dhgo64GJMZeb Want to see the crew in a studio more often? Become the ultimate su...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick Sperry, Andrew Kouba and Emmanuel Picazo travel to a podcast studio to shed light on all things X-Wing and the uncertain future of the game we love. They reflect on the evolution of the game, the business side of things, and more! We continue to honor the passing of community legend and dear friend, Zack Mathews, Support Zack and his...